Probable cause: Joplin man drove drunk, crashed with 2-year-old in car

The Newton County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child charges against a Joplin man who allegedly drove drunk October 6 with a 2-year-old passenger and crashed.

According to the probable cause statement, Connor J. Schlegel (DOB 1994) registered .234, nearly three times the legal limit on a portable breath test.

A witness saw Schegel  "toss multiple empty bottles of 50 ML shots of alcohol into the grass," the statement said.

The Joplin Police Department conducted the investigation.